Re: [PATCH 2/3] firmware: Add CONFIG_BUILTIN_FIRMWARE option

From: Johannes Berg
Date: Mon May 26 2008 - 09:09:56 EST



> This doesn't make any sense. Either it is a filename/pathname, or it is not.

I still think that in the kernel it shouldn't be thought of as a
filename and I have not yet seen any real reason why it has to be.
Whether your userspace then uses it as a filename or not is pretty much
orthogonal, it currently does for great effect, and since the only
firmware loader currently is userspace, we tend to think of it as a
filename in the kernel too.

However, when building firmware into the kernel, this will no longer be
true, it'll be a simple key in an array.

johannes

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